After looking online, the family realized the importance of the object and contacted the Israel Antiquities Authority.
The construction project in Thessaloniki, Greece, began in 2003 and has led to thousands of archeological finds ranging from Roman-era roads to Greek mosaics.
Grave stelae found in the provinces of Anatolia are a main source of information about Roman gladiators.
A recent study has undermined prior assumptions about several victims of the Pompeii tragedy.
Co-authors Kathryn Kelley and Mattia Cartolano from the University of Bologna's Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies studied seal imagery from before the invention of writing.
Excavations at Tell es-Sultan, led by British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon in the 1950s, revealed significant archaeological findings, including the Tower of Jericho.
Researchers identified a new species, Minioolithus ganzhouensis, shedding light on theropod evolution in the Late Cretaceous.
Discovery may help solve the mystery of whether Irvine and Mallory reached the summit in 1924.
On Wednesday, the museum opened its doors to visitors as part of a trial run, with plans to welcome 4,000 visitors per day, both local and international.
The saga recounts that during a raid on Sverresborg Castle near Trondheim, attackers threw a dead man into the well to poison the main water source.